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The Register of Pennsylvania : devoted to the preservation of facts and documents and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1828-36.

Call Number: 974.80083 H428

Responsibility: edited by Samuel Hazard.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by W.F. Geddes ;

Date of Publication: 1828-36.

Physical Description: 16 v. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; Vols. 9-16 have title: Hazard's Pregister of Pennsylvania ...

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History.

Additional Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80083 H428

A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians : from its commencement, in the year 1740, to the close of the year 1808 ; comprising all the remarkable incidents which took place at their missionary stations during that period ; interspersed with anecdotes, historical facts, speeches of Indians, and other interesting matter

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Author: Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,

Date of Publication: 1820.

Call Number: 974.8011 H449

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Responsibility: by John Heckewelder.

Author: Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: McCarty & Davis,

Date of Publication: 1820.

Physical Description: xii, 429 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Moravian Indians; Delaware Indians; Mohegan Indians

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 H449

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Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #477C

Date Range: 1824

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Admin/Biographical History: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay.

Date Range: 1824

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Cheney, Charles; Cheney, Mrs.; Cornelius, Adam; Cornelius, Charles; Cornelius, Conrad; Cornelius, Pevy; Cornelius, Polly; Rice, Peggy; Rice, Mrs.; Stump, Benjamin; Stump, Eliza; Williams, Jesse; Williams, Mary; Wilson, Charles; Yarlet, Caty; Yarlet, Peter

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: African Americans--History

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Manor Twp.; Persons of color; Poor children; Students

Place: Manor Twp.

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #477C

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 005

Notes: Never entered into Q & A.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Rice, Widow. Mother of Rice, Peggy, age 10.; Stump, Benjamin. Father of Stump, Eliza, age 7.; Wilson, Charles. Father of Wilspn, Charles, age 9.; Yarlet, Peter. Father of Yarlet, Caty, age 8.; Cheney, Widow. Mother of Cheney, Charles, age 7.; Cornelius, Conrad. Father of Cornelius, Charles, age 9; Cornelius, Pevy, age 10; Cornelius, Polly, age 9; Cornelius, Adam, age 7.; Williams, Jesse. Father of Williams, Mary, age 7.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

List

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #395

Date Range: 1823

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Admin/Biographical History: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay.

Date Range: 1823

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Airs, George; Airs, John; Brown, Hannah; Butcher, Sarah; Curlet, James; Curlet, Lewis; Deaver, Elenor; Deaver, Samuel; Drake, Miriam; Drake, William; Dun, Eliza; Dun, John; Dun, Sarah; Fodders, Jesse; Fodders, Sarah Ann; Gray, Willhelmina; Greenfield, Hannah; Greenfield, James; Greenfield, Mary; Greenfield, Rachel; Kennedy, Margaret; Keys, James; Keys, John; Keys, Margaret; Kurtz, Christopher; Kurtz, Jacob; Lewis, Andrew; Lewis, James; Lewis, Mary; Long, Abner; Long, Kersey; Long, Mary; Mathews, John; Maxfield, James; Maxwell, Margaret; Maxwell, Mary; McGuigin, Agnus; McGuigin, Charles; McGuigin, John; McGuigin, Rosanna; Millburn, Abraham; Millburn, Ann; Millburn, James; Millburn, William; Norris, D. C.; Norris, Elenor; Norris, Levi; Norris, William; Peters, William; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Joshua; Peters, Robert; Reynolds, George; Reynolds, Gregg; Reynolds, Michael; Swagart, Andrew; Swagart, Jacob; Swagart, Mrs.; Towson, Isaac; Towson, Joseph

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: African Americans--History

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Little Britain Twp.; Persons of color; Poor children; Students

Place: Little Britain Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #395

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 004

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1994/08/04.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Names taken from Lancaster County tax lists.; Airs, John. Father of Airs, George, age 11.; Brown, Hannah. Mother of Gray, Willhelmina, age 7.; Curlet, James. Father of Curlet, Lewis, age 10.; Deaver, Samuel. Father of Deaver, Elenor, age 8.; Drake, William. Father of Drake, Miriam, age 7; Drake, William, age 6.; Dun, John. Father of Dun, Eliza, age 10; Dun, Sarah, age 7.; Fodders, Jesse, age 9.; Fodders, Sarah Ann, age 7.; Greenfield, James. Father of Greenfield, James, age 11; Greenfield, Rachel, age 9; Greenfield, Mary, age 8; Greenfield, Hannah, age 6.; Kennedy, Margaret, age 10.; Keys, John. Father of Keys, James, age 9; Keys, Margaret, age 7; Keys, John, age 5.; Kurtz, Christopher. Father of Kurtz, Jacob, age 6.; Lewis, Mary. Mother of Lewis, James, age 10; Lewis, Andrew, age 5.; Long, Mary. Mother of Long, Kersey, age 8; Long, Abner, age 6.; Mathews, John, age 8.; Maxfield, James. Father of Maxwell, Mary, age 10; Maxwell, Margaret, age 7.; McGuigin, Agnus. Parent of McGuigin, John, age 11; McGuigin, Charles, age 9; McGuigin, Rosanna, age 8.; Millburn, James. Father of Millburn, William, age 10; Millburn, Ann, age 7; Millburn, Abraham, age 6.; Norris, Levi. Father of Norris, William, age 11; Norris, Elenor, age 9; Norris, D.C., age 6.; Peters, Abraham. Father of Peters, Joshua, age 9; Peters, William, age 11; Peters, Robert, age 5.; Reynolds, Michael. Father of Reynolds, George, age 7; Reynolds, Gregg, age 6.; Butcher, Sarah. African American. Age 7.; Swagart, Widow. Mother of Swagart, Andrew, age 10; Swagart, Jacob, age 8.; Towson, Isaac. Father of Towson, Joseph, age 6.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Writ

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313

Date Range: 1799-1897, inc.

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Description: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free African-Americans, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees. Handwritten, handwritten on printed forms, and a very few typewritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of filing.

Date Range: 1799-1897, inc.

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1897

Date of Accumulation: 1799-1894, 1896, 1897

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subjects: African Americans--History; Free Black people; Fugitive slaves; Habeas corpus; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County); Petitions

Search Terms: African American men; African American women; Court of Common Pleas; Court records; Free persons of color; Freedom seekers; Habeas corpus; Persons of color; Petitions; Writs

Extent: 17 boxes

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; These papers are cataloged individually and may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Docket

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Date Range: 1799-1895

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Description: Record of habeas corpus proceedings, showing dates of issue and return, names of defendant and custodian of prisoner, nature of writ, time and place of delivery, and disposition. Incomplete index in the back of the docket. Handwritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of issue.

Date Range: 1799-1895

Creation Date: 1799-1895

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1895

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subjects: African Americans--History; Habeas corpus; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Dockets; Habeas corpus; Incarcerated persons; Persons of color; Petitions; Writs

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Docket

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Habeas Corpus Papers

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Estate Inventory

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Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of James Knox

Object ID: Inv 1820 F007 K

Date Range: 1820

1 document

Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of James Knox

Date Range: 1820

Year: 1820

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0066

People: Knox, James; Thomas

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: African Americans--History; Probate records; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Enslaved persons; Estate inventories; Persons of color; Probate records

Place: Leacock Twp.

Object Name: Estate Inventory

Object ID: Inv 1820 F007 K

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 066

Notes: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Additional Notes: Occupation: surveyor.; Enslaved man listed.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment-contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG-03-00-0133

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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